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High Notes, Vol 25 No 37, November 22 2024

From the Principal

High Talent

At the recent HSC examinations, Alasdair Yong (11T) and Advaith Ilavajhala (12R), had their composition works nominated for possible selection in Encore! Congratulations on your high-quality creative work, lads! Our Junior Theatre Sports Team competed in the grand final at St Andrews Cathedral School this week. Congratulations to Ilyusha Tsoutsman (7M), Brishen Xue (7R), Jason Huang (8R) and Marco Ma (8M) on their impressive development in this demanding discipline. Well done to Daniel Iliffe (11R) who was the successful nomination from our school for the 2024 Olympic Change Maker Award. Cassiel Yun (10T) was nominated as a finalist in the 2025 RSL and Schools Remember ANZAC Art Competition. Very well done, Cassiel!

Clean Up High Month

Our student leaders and SRC are concerned about the cleanliness of our site. Too many boys think it is the cleaner’s job to pick up rubbish. In fact, cleaners are supposed to merely empty the rubbish bins provided for students to deposit rubbish. They also blow away fallen leaves. It is our collective responsibility as a school community to keep our environment clean and safe. The focus for November is ‘cleaning up High’. In response to an SRC request for more bins to be located more strategically, Mr Prorellis has purchased 12 additional large bins. They will be located at the nominated traffic areas: leading onto Moore Park West; between the fig trees in the Junior Quad; in the area around the outdoor basketball courts; outside of the gym; the 100s veranda opposite the tennis court; the bubblers area; and near the entrance to the Junior Quad. Mr Crampton will locate the new bins in the areas suggested. After that, more work will be created for the cleaners who have to empty the bins. Everyone has a responsibility to clean up High!

Scholarship Applications

There is only one week left for students to apply for the Phillip Day Memorial and Sir Roden and Lady Cutler Foundation Scholarships. If you have financial needs due to family or special circumstances; if you are a great all-rounder; or if you have a special talent that needs extra resources to help you develop; or if you are going into Year 11 and you have a strong background in community service, please consider applying. Scholarships are valued at $1500 in school credit per year. Application forms can be downloaded from the school website: sydneyhigh.school/scholarships 

Applications close on Friday, November 29.

Student Awards Scheme

Last entries for nomination for the revamped Student Awards Scheme (2024) can be earned up to Friday, November 29. If you check your participation file and detect that something is missing, it is up to you notify the MIC in charge of the activity to have the list of successful participants compiled in the Student Portal File. Awards have to be determined, and medallions/ plaques ordered before the end of the school year so that they will be ready in time for our awards assemblies early next year. We are on a tight schedule. Medallions have to be tallied, ordered and names engraved on them. Workplaces start to wind down for the holidays from now on, so we need to be efficient with our process. The outcome is that all medallions and awards are ready in time for our Student Awards Assembly early next year. Don’t miss out on getting all the nominations you should be awarded! It is very important that individual students go to the Student Portal to check up on their activities, points and nominations. If there are discrepancies, we need to know about them so we can contact MICs or program organisers, so everyone gets what they deserve.

With our new system of recording Student Awards on Sentral, individual students will have quick and easy access to their categories and points earned via the Student Portal. Recording will commence in January 2025 for next year’s awards.
Dr K A Jaggar
Principal